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[SECURITY] [DSA 981-1] new bmv packages fix arbitrary code execution

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Debian Security Advisory DSA 981-1                     security@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.debian.org/security/                         Moritz Muehlenhoff
February 26th, 2006                     http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : bmv
Vulnerability  : integer overflow
Problem-Type   : local(remote)
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CVE-2005-3278
Debian Bug     : 335497

"felinemalice" discovered an integer overflow in BMV, a post script viewer
for SVGAlib, that may lead to the execution of arbitrary code through
specially crafted Postscript files.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2-14.3.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2-17sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2-18.

We recommend that you upgrade your bmv package.


Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bmv/bmv_1.2-14.3.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      565 1898d7719bc8b5c0c5de50107d52ba3a
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bmv/bmv_1.2-14.3.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:    14144 34d0323edc6916afcef9496205c54be4
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bmv/bmv_1.2.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:    50755 40c881800edac6b1d2ce75ea8da6e6b4

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bmv/bmv_1.2-14.3_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    21932 19eba9d127882013b807744c866d89d9


Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge
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  Source archives:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bmv/bmv_1.2-17sarge1.dsc
      Size/MD5 checksum:      569 3f041ac1b04a613eef6164f657ef7a14
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bmv/bmv_1.2-17sarge1.diff.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:    13051 90f228f3dadc268c9d1e16d986c10484
    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bmv/bmv_1.2.orig.tar.gz
      Size/MD5 checksum:    50755 40c881800edac6b1d2ce75ea8da6e6b4

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

    http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/b/bmv/bmv_1.2-17sarge1_i386.deb
      Size/MD5 checksum:    24246 ee390b0280d154d7a7ccef558d7ecca8


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

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For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security 
dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>

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